OSCON 2012 notes

[Michel Fortin]

On 2012-07-23 05:04:39 +0000, Nick Sabalausky 
<SeeWebsiteToContactMe at semitwist.com> said:

> Personally I like abstraction layers for GUI: it means you don't have to
> deal with twenty different system-specific (and idiosyncratic) APIs.
> For example, I hope I never have to touch Win32 directly again.

Win32 is a special case. It's old and low-level, no one wants to touch 
it. Even those who build directly on it abstract it with a layer of 
their own.

Abstraction layers for GUI are not inherently bad, but they also tend 
to blur platform specificities. This often results in apps that feel a 
little alien on every platform. So whether you should use them or not 
depends on your priorities.

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Michel Fortin
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